Northern California Flooded With Most Rain In 15 Years
The region faced record rainfall with rivers near or above flood stage across northwest counties. Highways 101 299 and the Redwood Highway were blocked by floods and slides isolating Mendocino Humboldt and Del Norte. Evacuations occurred near Ukiah Orick Dunsmuir Castella and the Eel River Lodge area amid power outages from fallen timber.
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San Francisco
California
Northwest
Ruselan
Smith
Mendocino
Humboldt
del Norte
U.S
Hureka
Redding
Oregon
del Norte County
Crescent City
Eel River
Garberville
Ukiah
Bull Creek
Orick
Dunsmuir
Castella
Mattole River
Klamath
U.S. Highway 99
Yreka
First polio case reported at St Elizabeth’s Hospital
St Elizabeths Hospital reported its first polio case since the fall outbreak. The patient is a 22 year old Waushara county man from Wild Rose, treated after the community was struck by the disease.
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Appleton
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Waushara County
Wild Rose
Titans of Industry Ask Santa For High Sales and Tax Cuts
A humorous 1955 letter from business leaders to Santa requests tax cuts on profits and wages, balanced budgets, stronger defenses, and relief from regulatory probes. They seek guaranteed profits and dividends, tariff tweaks, higher farm prices without raising living costs, and a peaceful auto dealer dispute, while urging restraint in politics.
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Titans of Industry
Santa
Washington
Monks of Utah Abbey Celebrate Christmas in Contemplative Trappist Way
In Huntsville Utah 70 Trappist monks of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity mark Christmas with extended prayer and Gregorian chant. They live austerely, speak little, and observe a strict diet, rituals beginning December 24 with high mass and concluding at 7 p.m. Christmas Day with more prayer and letters home.
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Huntsville
Utah
Jesus
Utah Valley
Earth
Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity
Utah Highway 39
Ogden
Cave of Bethlehem
Kohler Co Plans To Give Bonuses After Strike
Kohler Co said it would distribute year end bonuses to workers today after eight weeks of strike disruption by Local 833 of the UAW CIO. The bonus base is service with Kohler during 1955 and applies to factory divisions, offices, and special departments, though the fund size was not disclosed.
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Kohler
Kohler Co
Uawcio
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Normandy
Loretta Young
Unifax
By Sam Dawson
New York
Santa Claus
RPO
By Frank Wetzel
Gambles
Pearl St
Dial
Penney's
Sunbeam
Foxdelux
J Peter Fox Brewing CO
Chicago
Sunbeam Radiant Contirol Waffle Baker & Grill
Cologne Quartette
iQue
Cologne
Quartette
Angelique Quartette
Century
Hattie Seeds
Dan River
Stevens
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